St. Petersburg, Florida -- As the franchise continues to expand in the Tampa Bay area, people who are awaiting the PDQ grand opening in St. Petersburg will be relieved to hear the location will open in about a week.

According to the PDQ Facebook page, "Our St. Petersburg location will open on Sunday, Oct.14 at 11 a.m."

Construction has been underway on the 4th Street North location since August.

The 28th annual block party will be under the big top outside Frenchy's Original Café at 41 Baymont Street, corner of Mandalay.

According to Frenchy's website, the party will feature food and drink specials, live music on stage, kids' activities, raffles to win valuable prize packages with 100 percent of proceeds benefiting a local charity, and special appearances by Frenchy's mascot Gilly Grouper.